600 BCE- 600 CE vocab Flashcards

33702690	classic, classical	traditional, relating to a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times	0
33702691	scholar-gentry	In china, the class of prosperous familes next in wealth below the rural aristocrats from which the rulers drew their administrative personnel. Respected for their education and expertise, these officials became a privileged group and made the government more efficent and responsive than in the past.	1
33702692	Filial piety	Respect for parents and elders	2
33702693	empire	a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler	3
33702694	Aristocracy	landowning families who make up a small portion of the population	4
33702695	Direct democracy	all citizens participated directly in making decisions	5
33702696	Representative democracy	A system of government in which citizens elect representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all the people.	6
33702697	rational thought	to base one's opinion on evidence and reason rather than superstition or commonly accepted beliefs	7
33702698	philosopher	thinkers who use logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality	8
33702699	Tyranny	a form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of a person who has gained control by force or manipulation of social groups	9
33702700	Oligarchy	form of government in which a few people have the power	10
33702701	Barbarians	member of a society considered primitive, savage, etc.	11
33702702	Paterfamilias	the head male (eldest) representative of a Roman family (anyone under his hand--this includes extended family and slaves), only one with legal capacity; all family property in his hands; ROMAN: ancient rome	12
33702703	Autocracy	government by one person having unlimited power	13
33702704	dictator	a political leader given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time.	14
33702705	republic	a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them	15
33702706	civil service	administrative departments of a government; employees usually hired on basis of examination score	16